visitor below decks , cooke then passed wine around and together they drank a series of toast ##s , including " the downfall of england " . for an hour the officers drank , malcolm and cooke learning detailed information about the state of the defences and squadron in the philippines , until a second boat pulled alongside fox containing more officers keen to greet the french arrivals . this vessel was the personal barge of the spanish commander at ca ##vite , rear @ - @ admiral don ignacio maria de ala ##va , who was not aboard , but who sent a message via an aide in a third boat . each time , the officers were escorted below to join the festivities whereupon their crews
visitor below decks, cooke then passed wine around and together they drank a series of toasts, including " the downfall of england ". for an hour the officers drank, malcolm and cooke learning detailed information about the state of the defences and squadron in the philippines, until a second boat pulled alongside fox containing more officers keen to greet the french arrivals. this vessel was the personal barge of the spanish commander at cavite, rear @ - @ admiral don ignacio maria de alava, who was not aboard, but who sent a message via an aide in a third boat. each time, the officers were escorted below to join the festivities whereupon their crews